#The Nightmare's Heart
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Kinda back in my Hollow Knight phase rn, so I'm just gonna be word vomiting my thoughts and half-baked headcanons and my vague understanding of Hollow Knight lore. Lets GO!
Do you guys think the Pale Lurker was like, a royal guard of some kind? Or just someone from the City of Tears? Because while fighting her the City of Tears action theme does play.
Like, maybe after the White Palace just up and vanished she took to the colosseum, but also still believed in the Pale King? I don't know man, based on her Dreamnail dialogue, it seems she does worship a king, or perhaps the king she worships isn't even the Pale King.
But the Lord fool.
Maybe because of the Pale King's disappearance she clung onto the Lord Fool to act in his place or something of the like, maybe she noticed he died and went insane trying to delude herself that her king is still alive and well, maybe she separated herself from the rest of the fools because of this too. Maybe that key she held belonged to the Lord Fool as well, and she's holding on to it for the one day he returns or something.
Anyways.
What exactly happened for the Nightmare Realm and the Dream Realm to be split? Maybe The Nightmare's Heart was forced to split the Nightmare Realm off from the Dream Realm because the Radiance was kinda encroaching on its territory?
Like, maybe in her desperation to not be forgotten she tried to use anyone and anything to her advantage, and hey, the Nightmare Heart has a troupe like she did her moth tribe, what if she just takes it.
Which then forced The Nightmare's Heart to make the decision to split the Nightmare Realm off from the Dream Realm.
Or maybe not even THAT.
Maybe after she came back from being forgotten she just, went after everything. Like, if she would go after the followers of Unn even though said god is just sleeping, and she went after deepnest, the Hive and the Mantis Tribe.
Why not assume that she would go after the Nightmare Realm too?
Maybe I could make the assumption that since everything in Greenpath came from Unn's dream, the Radiance basically saw it that she had the right to take Unn's followers because they were molded from a dream. Mayhaps she was even, say, jealous of the fact that Unn's subjects (or like half maybe) didn't leave them even after meeting the Pale King and that their god is sleeping.
So, say that the Nightmare and Dream Realm were one, and the Radiance assumes that dreams are hers to lay claim to and that Nightmares are just a different form of dream. What if she just decided that The Nightmare's Heart wasn't necessary and tried to dispose of them, realized she couldn't, then decided to split them?
Meh, I don't know man I'm just spouting bullshit lols.
Another thing, kinda more bullshit to deal with the Pale King I guess?
So, the final lore tablet at King's Pass states:
Higher beings, these words are for you alone. Beyond this point you enter the land of King and Creator. Step across this threshold and obey our laws. Bear witness to the last and only civilisation, the eternal Kingdom. Hallownest
A bit funny, isn't it? How the Pale King calls Hollownest the last and only civilization, perhaps you could even call it hubris. But what if, and hear me out here.
What if Hollownest was the last and only civilization...
...at that time.
Maybe before the Pale King's reign there truly weren't any civilizations, or an extremely little amount of them? He could call his the last because he saw the very last civilization crumble and fall before his eyes, perhaps he says that his is the only because the wastes cause bugs to lose their minds and such no civilizations can spawn from mindless bugs.
Except... we do know that bugs have come from beyond Hollownest. Iselda and Cornifer, for example.
But that doesn't mean that the Pale King can't say his was the last and only civilization left, because, at the time, that may have very well been true and other civilizations may have popped up perhaps either during or after his reign.
And Hollownest is called the only civilization because it was the most advanced out of everyone else, Deepnest, the Moth Tribe, The Hive, Greenpath, the whole lot of them.
We could even think about if the split happened either when the Pale King came to Hollownest or well into his reign. Maybe well into his reign was when the Radiance came back with a vengeance, split the realms, and then forced The Nightmare's Heart to go beyond the wasteland in search of sustenance, which would then lead to that higher being to find out about the ruins of civilizations and then realizing it could feast on the fading embers of something that was once great.
Which could then give it the idea of trying to promote the existence of more kingdoms when the embers were running low, or just couldn't support it anymore?
And if the split did indeed happen well into the Pale King's reign, it could sorta spread the knowledge it saw from Hollownest during its travels and subtly suggesting to certain bugs it saw potential in to try and be, well, a king or queen.
Whether that bug gave way to a short lived or long lived kingdom was of no concern for The Nightmare's Heart, either way it still be able to collect the embers from the inevitable fall.
It was just a matter of time.
(How did it loop from being something about Hollownest to the Nightmare Heart again god DAMN IT)
#hollow knight#the pale king#nightmare king grimm#WHY ISN"T THE NIGHTARE HEART A TAG HELLOW??#The Nightmare's Heart#the radiance#pale lurker#Just me spilling random thoughts#Maybe clumping together some half baked headcanons#and the glue between all of them being my vague understanding of lore lols#Am I wrong? Feel free to correct me I love hearing about lore#I wrote this while sleepy so hu#yea#ehehh#teehee
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Thinking about little Dream and Nightmare😌🧡
Nightmare and dream belong to jokublog
#the babies#i love them a lot#something about nightmare taking care of dream instead of hating him is just so soft on my heart😭🧡#undertale#undertale au#utmv#undertale multiverse#passive nightmare sans#dream sans#little dream sans#artpepkin
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I live, slay the princess fandom!
#art#artists on tumblr#digital art#artist#slay the princess#stp fanart#the nightmare#slay the princess the nightmare#comic#funny#heart lungs liver nerves
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"God of Nightmares."
#art#artists on tumblr#digital painting#hollow knight#hk nightmare king grimm#hk grimm#hk nkg#hk nightmare heart
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HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES. HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES. HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES. HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES.
#HEART. LUNGS. LIVER. NERVES.#POV The Nightmare breaks your concentration and Slays You#i mostly drew the nightmare because its where i met voice of the paranoid#i love voice of the paranoid a lot#i love that the terrified voice in my head gets to be Helpful. and ACT#obviously incredibly prime subject to project onto#anyways i really like this game and when i can find the time and energy ive been trying to find all the paths and achievements by myself#so please enjoy my first post of the new year#i will not promise there will be more#i couldnt decide if i like the colors for the hand breaking our concentration so im giving yall both#voice of the paranoid#slay the princess#the nightmare#my art#artists on tumblr#digital art#couchcouchcouchcouchart
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Fear of abandonment 🤝🏻 The desire to leave before I'll inevitably be left
#it permeates my nightmares and festers inside my heart 😞#my post#softgothbabe#personal#(ish)#thoughts#sad thoughts#sad vibes#fear of abandonment#actually bpd#borderline personality disorder#bpd#i'll be fine#brain demons please leave me be
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Might have tripped and fell into a new hyperfix Oops.
#dc comics#dc fanart#teen titans#my art#starfire#dc robin#robin dick grayson#raven dc#beast boy#cyborg dc#batman#nightwing#CHARACTER TAGGING IS A NIGHTMARE OH GOD#nightwing.. give me one chance sir.. pls.. ill treat u right#zan0tix#Dirk cameo.. IF YOU GUYS WANT MORE DIRK STRIDER GO WATCH TEEN TITANS 2003#Robin is Literally dirk if you want more of him just watch the show#robstar#in my heart
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shoutout to tumblr for doing its level best to crunch these to hell
outfits from this lineup I did ages ago. This was supposed to be done ages ago but a bunch of work got in the way
#tf2 soldier#tf2 demoman#tf2 pyro#tf2 scout#tf2 spy#tf2 engineer#tf2 medic#tf2 heavy#tf2 sniper#heavymedic#if you squint#tf2 fanart#tagging this is a fucking nightmare#tf2 mercs#art#click for better quality#in my heart they are all trans and/or nb
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oh hey! i was reading a fic the other day where Wangji was once misspelled as Wangu. which leads me to: MDZS Pingu-style??? noot noot!
Do you think love can bloom on the sea ice?
#mdzs#wei wuxian#lan wangji#digital art#Club penguin#ask#I've drawn a lot of strange crossovers for MDZS but this one really takes it up a notch#I saw this ask and thought “yeah why not. I've been meaning to do style studies. Let's experiment.”#And the moment my pen hit my tablet I was struck by the need to make it even worse.#Perhaps I am just nostalgic for club penguin and pengu but I think there is something magical about them holding hands.#Anyways I think younger WWX would have loved club penguin. It's the joy of the minigames and hanging out with your friends online.#Lan Wangji could never get past the fact the 'Ask your parent/guardian!' part of registration.#Either because he knew Lan Qiren would have said no *or* because he asked once and got turned down.#Lan Xichen probably was like 'Hey I can help you with that :)' to which LWJ said no because that was breaking the rules.#But if I *had* to put wangxian in a club penguin AU? Yeah 1000% it's LWJ as a mod and WWX as a notorious (nootorious) griefer.#WWX would be trying to speed run how fast he can get banned or how much he can get away with.#Getting removed and returning over and over earns him the 'necromancer of CP' title in the community. Loathed by many.#Meanwhile LWJ is about to seriously consider doxxing this guy just to get him to stop making his volunteer hobby less of a nightmare.#Cue 10 years later. They meet up on the ice flow on the last day before the servers get shut down. They have a genuine heart to heart.#Three years later on Club Penguin rewritten: two grown men decide to relive their childhood one more time.#Fate draws them to the same server.#I ask again. Do you think love can bloom on the digital sea ice?
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Baba only goes out when absolutely necessary. And never opens her door for anyone. Too bad her favorite food is cheesecake.
Gave her rectangle pupils as an experiment. Not really sure how I feel about it 😅
#poppy playtime#comic#smiling critters#nightmare critters#baba chops#dogday#bobby bearhug#dogday x bobby bearhug#bobby bearhug x dogday#heart n sol#puppylove#sunshinecuddles#cheesecake
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reposting coloured versions of the doodles from this thread with an update of the korean dialogue thanks to @monolite001 !!!! everybody thank her !
Murder! Sans belongs to ask-dusttale Killer! Sans belongs to rahafwabas Horror! Sans belongs to Sour-Apple-Studios Corrupted! Nightmare belongs to jokublog
#murder sans#dust sans#killer sans#horror sans#corrupted nightmare#nightmare sans#horrordust#<- implied#undertale au#bad sanses#sanscest#sans au#sid art#dust speaks korean hc makes me ILL i LOVE IT WITH ALL MY HEART
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Murals
#hollow knight#nightmare’s heart hk#nightmare king grimm#grimm hk#grimm troupe#pale king#the hollow knight#thk hk#hk radiance#hk godseeker#godhome#ghost hk#hk vessels#hk#hollow knight fanart#my art
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walk walk fashion baby 🚶🏻♂️
#One Piece#opgraphics#Monkey D. Luffy#*mine#yay we finally have an animated sequence of all of Luffy's iconic outfits!!#and i honestly love every single one of his looks#but his Alabasta and Punk Hazard and Egghead fit hold a special place in my heart#like he just looks so floofy in those outfits 😊#man tryna gif this was a nightmare tho because of all the colors#sorry if the gifs turned out kinda iffy :/
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Same vibes.
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smoking that lawmikalight stuff rn… *taps pencil like its a blunt* sheeit that hits hard….
#death note#light death note#l death note#mikami death note#light yagami#l lawliet#teru mikami#lawlight#mikalight#snuck these in and thats why theyre straight (not) bootycheeks#going in for another hit. nightmare blunt rotation#probably wind up participating in an ancient torture method or with crippling heart failure
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